Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1887-09-10
Is; Jul 5a;ac prayers VIII M.cp up wl.n il".e:.

stand before women today wlio have the
eternal salvation Of their husbands iii THEFT
right hand. On the marriage day you tool
nn oath before meii and angels that you
would DO faithful and kind until death did
yeu part, and l believe you are going to kcel
that oath; but after that parting Mt the door
OF the grave will it BIO MI eternal separation
Is there any such thing rs an immortal mar
riaGe, milking the flowers that grow on the
top OF tho srpulcher brighter than tho gar.
lands which Mt the marriage banquet flooded
the air with aromnf Yes; I stairl here MS n
priest OF the most high God, to proclaim the
banns Of an Immortal union for all tl:oso who
join hands in the grace of Christ. D woman,
is your husband, YOU. father, your son, away
from God! Tho Lord demands their relemp-
ti6n at your hands There are prayers FOE
you to offer, there arc cxhortations for you
to give, thoip aio examples for you TO set;
and say now, ms Puul st,i1 to the Corinthinn
woman: what knowest tlou o woman, but
thou canst save thy llusband?'
A mail was dying; and liz said to his wife:
"Rebecca, you wouldn't let mo havo family
prayers; and you,lnnghed about NIL that, md
liyou got ME away into wcrldliness; and iiowsI
nm going to die, fate Isl sailed, and
you are tho Cause Of my ruiiI!" Ogworn6il,
what knowesr thou but thou carst destroy
thy husl'and! Arc there not some here who
have kindly influences at home2 Arc there
not some'tero who have wandered far away
from God, who can remember the Christian
Influences i'll their early homc9 Do not de-
spisc those influences, my BROTHER. If you
lie without Christ, what will you do
with your mothers prayers, with your
wifc's opportunities, with your sisters
entrcaties! What will you do with
The letters They used TO write TO you, with the
memory OF those days when they attended
You so kindly i'll times Of sickness? Oh, il
there be just one strand holding you from
floating OFF OIL clint dark sca l would just
like this morning to take hold OF TINT strand
and pull YOU TO tile beach, For the sake of
YOU. wifr's God, for the sake of your
mothers God, for the sake,of your daughters
ssod, for the sake of your sisters God, come
this day and be saved
Lastly: wish TO say that one of the specific
rights of woman is, tlrnugli the grace of
Christ, finally to reach heaven Oh, what q
niiffstntlc of women in heaven! Mary,
Chlist's mother, in heaven; Elizabeth Fry in
heaven; Charlotte Eizabetl. i'll heavcn tile
mother Of Augustine III heaven; tho Countess
OF lIuntingdon-who solti her splendid jewels
to build chapels-in heaven; while great
many others who have never been heard Of
Oh earth or known hut little, have gone into
the rest and peace of heaven. What q rest!
What Charge it was from the small room,
with ho fire aud one window, the glass broken
out, and the aching side, and worn ont eyes, to
tho "housc of many mansions!" no more
stitching until 70 o'clock ct night, 10 moro
thrusting OF the thumb by tho employer
through the worl; to SHOW it was not done
quite right. Plenty of bread at last.
Heaven for aching heads Heaven for broken
hearts Heaven for anguish bitten frames.
No more sitting up until midnight for the
coming Of the staggering steps No more
rough blows across the temples No more
sharp, Keen, bitter curses Some of you will
have no rest in this world. twill be toll and
struggle und suffering all tho way up. You
will have to stand ut your door fighting back
the wolf with your own hand red with car
mage But God has q crown for you.
want to realize this morning that he Is now
making it, and whenever you weep tear lie
sets another gem in-tI,at- ono-.-. -
crown, until, after u while, in all the
tiara there will he no room for an
other splelldor, and God will say to his angel:
"Tho crown is done; let her up that she may
wear it." And as the Lord Of Righteousness
puts tho crown upon your brow angel will
cry to angel: "Who is sllea' and Christ will
say: ~ will tell you who she is She is the
one that came up out of great tribnlation,
and had her robe washed and made white in
the blood of tho Lamb" And then God will
spread q banquet, and he will invite all the
Of heaven 10 sit at the feast;
and tho tables will blush with the best
clusters from the vineyards of God,
and crimson with the twelve manner
OF fruits from tie Tree Of Life; and waters
from tie fountaius OF the ROCK will flash from
She golden tankards; andt1fe old harpers OF
heaven will sit there, making music with their
harps; and Christ will point you out, amid
the celebrities of heaven, saying: "She suf-
fered with mo on earth, now we are going to
be glorific,l together" And the banqueters,
no longer able to hold their peace, will break
forth with congratulation: Hail! hailI"
And there will be hnndwritings Oh the wall
not such as stuck the Persian noblemaii with
horror-but Grctipped fingers, writing in
blazing capitals of light, md love, and VIC
tory: "God hath wiped away all tears from
all faces!n